Latest Training Development Headlines
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SIIS and TACT to Hold Fraud Prevention Seminar
Apr 7 2003 // Southwestern Insurance Information Service (SIIS) and the Texas Action Council on Theft (TACT) announced they will hold a continuing education/training seminar for insurance executives, claims personnel and other...
White Took a Chance and Built Alliance Insurance Services
Apr 7 2003 // In our continuing series on Agency Insights, we look at Bill White, president of California-based Alliance Insurance Services, who took quite a chance back in the mid-80s by putting his home up for sale when he went to...
ACE Risk Management to Unveil New Web Site at RIMS
Apr 4 2003 // A new Web site, designed specifically with the needs of risk management clients in mind, will be unveiled by ACE Risk Management (ARM) at this year’s annual Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.’s...
OneBeacon to Co-host PIANY Spring Education Series
Apr 4 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. announced that OneBeacon Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd., will again host the annual OneBeacon 5-in-5 Education Series...
Lindsey Morden Agrees to Acquire RSKCo Services
Apr 3 2003 // The Toronto-based–Lindsey Morden Group Inc. (LMG) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cunningham Lindsey U.S., Inc., has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire RSKCo Services, Inc. from Continental...
Illinois CPA Society Reinsurance Conference Highlights Marketplace Developments
Mar 31 2003 // The Illinois CPA Society’s 2003 Reinsurance Conference, a half-day event April 23 at the Illinois Department of Insurance in Chicago, will address best practices and current issues arising in the reinsurance...
Lost at Sea: Hardening Marine Market Challenges Agents and Brokers
Mar 24 2003 // Marine insurance is, as Insurance Journal put it last year, “a unique animal.” The belly of the beast consists of cargo and yacht coverage, which account for 50 percent of U.S. written premium. But another...
The McIntyre Group Launches New Company Web site
Mar 21 2003 // The McIntyre Group announced the posting of their new company Website, www.mcintyre-group.com. The site features a flash introduction and contains over 30 pages of information about the agency and its services. President...
Houston Oil & Gas Conference to Focus on Risk Strategies
Mar 19 2003 // Insurance issues will be at the forefront of topics at the 8th Annual Conference on Contract Risk Management for the Oil & Gas Industry to be held in Houston Apr. 28 & 29. According to the Strategic Research...
ACE-USA ESIS Unit Launches International Safety Academy
Mar 17 2003 // ESIS, Inc., the risk management services arm of ACE USA, and Syntrio, Inc., a provider of complete online training solutions, announced the launch of the “International Safety Academy (ISA) e-Learning, a web-based...
MarketScout Names R & SA “Best of Class” for Higher Education
Mar 13 2003 // MarketScout, a Dallas Texas-based insurance exchange specializing in the distribution of property and casualty insurance products, designated Royal & SunAlliance as its specialist for Higher Education coverages....
Bolton & Company Grew with the Times
Mar 10 2003 // In a new series in Insurance Journal, we’ll profile agencies that have made a name for themselves in the industry with a special niche. In our first interview, we talk with California’s Bolton & Company....
The Call of the Conference: Users Conferences Plugged In
Mar 10 2003 // Even with the dominance of the Internet, and the trend toward doing almost everything online from a remote location, something phenomenal is happening. Insurance agents are flocking to users conferences in droves—setting...
Lost at Sea: Hardening Marine Market Challenges Agents and Brokers
Mar 10 2003 // Marine insurance is, as Insurance Journal put it last year, “a unique animal.” The belly of the beast consists of cargo and yacht coverage, which account for 50 percent of U.S. written premium. But another...
The Call of the Conference
Mar 10 2003 // Even with the dominance of the Internet, and the trend toward doing almost everything online from a remote location, something phenomenal is happening. Insurance agents are flocking to users conferences in droves—setting...
Sen. John Breaux to Address IIABA National Leg. Conference
Mar 5 2003 // Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) will be among the prominent speakers addressing more than 800 independent agents and brokers during the 27th Annual National Legislative Conference of the Independent Insurance Agents &...
Ohio Housing Conference to Zero in On Scoring
Mar 4 2003 // An Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC) housing conference will host several panel discussions about the impact of insurance scoring on access to homeownership in the state. Three sessions dealing with different issues...
Zurich N.A. Small Biz Launches Direct Bill Web Site
Mar 1 2003 // Zurich North America Small Business today announced a new Direct Bill website on zurichna.com. The new site gives agents and brokers direct online access to their customers’ billing information, including the status,...
Time to Jump on the Employee Benefits Bandwagon’
Feb 24 2003 // In some respects, the world of employee benefits seems to be on a roll. The Indepen-dent Insurance Agents & Brokers Association (IIABA) reports that about 26 percent of the U.S. agencies examined in its “2002...
Time to Jump on the Employee Benefits Bandwagon’
Feb 24 2003 // In some respects, the world of employee benefits seems to be on a roll. The Indepen-dent Insurance Agents & Brokers Association (IIABA) reports that about 26 percent of the U.S. agencies examined in its “2002...
